Thailand’s Minister of Justice, General Paiboon Koomchaya, recently ignited a heated debate when he proposed re-scheduling methamphetamine as a ‘medicine’ rather than a ‘narcotic’ drug. But given that one of the …
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There’s a scene in The Look of Love – the 2013 biopic of adult entertainment mogul and one time richest man in Britain Paul Raymond – where the self …
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The human rights implications of drug policy and drug use are many and varied. In the latest instalment of their exclusive series of articles for VolteFace, Kate Thompson and Petr Kudêlka explore the interface …
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This week, Paul North is joined by Chris Snowdon to discuss how much money could be generated from taxing a recreational cannabis market, where that money could go, and …
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Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about stigma and words relating to substance use. Carl Hart recently wrote a piece arguing that understanding ‘addiction’ as a ‘brain disease’ contributes to …
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Volteface are looking for medicinal cannabis users and carers of all ages and backgrounds to share their story with us. Next week, Coronation Street will run a storyline on medicinal …
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On this month’s episode of The Volteface Podcast, Director of Policy Liz McCulloch is speaking to Megan Jones, Policy Manager for the West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner. …
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Imagine a world where most of the global adult population consume a gentle, natural, herbal drug every day that contains psychoactive compounds that relax and revive them. It …
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Features
Why I Oppose The Criminalisation of Drug Use in The Name of Protecting Children
by Web TestThe UN General Assembly Special Session on Drugs begins next week. It’s the most significant international drugs summit in twenty years, and as it has drawn nearer I have …
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This edition of the Volteface podcast is audio recorded from the launch of our most recently released report ‘Making the Grade’, written in partnership with Mentor. In a …